The GOP’s principled suicide
By Kathleen Parker, WashPost, Friday, July 12, 6:30 PM
Republicans seem to be adopting the self-immolation tactics of principled martyrs.
Of course, principled or not, you’re still dead in the end.
At this stage in the second term of the president they couldn’t defeat, Republicans seem more like stubborn children refusing to come out of their rooms for supper, even though the alternative is going to bed hungry.
This simile is unavoidable in light of the House’s passage of a farm bill without any provision for food stamps — the first in 40 years. The move prompted fantastic outrage from Democrats, notably Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.), who shrieked: “Mitt Romney was right: You all do not care about the 47 percent. Shame on you!”
Histrionics aside, whether the fact that something has been done a certain way for 40 years is an argument for repeating the same bears a bit of scrutiny. Republicans argued that they’d prefer to deal with agricultural issues in one bill without the leverage of a welfare program.
(More here.)
Republicans seem to be adopting the self-immolation tactics of principled martyrs.
Of course, principled or not, you’re still dead in the end.
At this stage in the second term of the president they couldn’t defeat, Republicans seem more like stubborn children refusing to come out of their rooms for supper, even though the alternative is going to bed hungry.
This simile is unavoidable in light of the House’s passage of a farm bill without any provision for food stamps — the first in 40 years. The move prompted fantastic outrage from Democrats, notably Rep. Corrine Brown (Fla.), who shrieked: “Mitt Romney was right: You all do not care about the 47 percent. Shame on you!”
Histrionics aside, whether the fact that something has been done a certain way for 40 years is an argument for repeating the same bears a bit of scrutiny. Republicans argued that they’d prefer to deal with agricultural issues in one bill without the leverage of a welfare program.
(More here.)
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Regarding the FARRM bill, it isn't just that they separated SNAP from the Ag subsidies, it's how they did it.
There was no Ag Committee hearing, there was just a bill offered and taken directly to the Rules Committee who then voted to exempt it from normal procedures and sent it directly to the floor for an immediate vote ... less than 24 hours from start to finish.
This has angered some ... such as the Heritage Foundation most likely because they could not whip their votes against passage.
For a 608 page bill that 532 organizations have voiced disapproval, it is astounding that more people are not upset.
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